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Genius in general is poetic. Where genius has been active it has been poetically active. The truly moral person is a poet.

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We are more closely connected to the invisible than to the visible.
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Close Connection Path Visible
Philosophy is properly home-sickness; the wish to be everywhere at home.
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Desire Home Philosophy Sick
The mysterious path goes inward. It is in us, and not anywhere else, where the eternity of the worlds, the past and the future are found.
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Finding Forever Future Mystery Path World
Our bodies are molded rivers.
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Body Ourselves River
A God-intoxicated man.
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God Intoxication Man One Liner
Every stage of education begins with childhood. That is why the most educated person on earth so much resembles a child.
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Appearance Beginning Childhood Earth Education Person Stage
Philosophy can bake no bread; but she can procure for us God, Freedom, Immortality. Which, then, is more practical, Philosophy or Economy?
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Freedom God Immortal Philosophy Practical
Nature is a petrified magic city.
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City Magic Nature One Liner Perspective
A complete need should not exist love, life in common with loved ones?
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Common Existence Life Love Need Oneself
What delights, what pleasures does your life offer you that outweigh the raptures of death?
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Death Life Offering Pleasure Weight Yourself
Where are we really going? Always home.
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Deep Home Spiritual Travel
Many books are longer than they seem. They have indeed no end. The boredom that they cause is truly absolute and infinite.
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Book End Infinite Reason
Every disease is a musical problem. Its cure a musical solution. The more rapid and complete the solution, the greater the musical talent of the doctor.
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Complete Doctor Music Problem Solution Talent
Humanity is the higher meaning of our planet, the nerve that connects this part of it with the upper world, the eye it raises to heaven.
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Heaven Humanity Meaning Ourselves Planet World
Love is the final end of the world’s history, the Amen of the universe.
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End History Love Universe World
One can not understand language because language cannot understand itself; does not want to understand.
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Language Oneself Understand

Genius in general is poetic. Where genius has been active it has been poetically active. The truly moral person is a poet.

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